Show-and-Tell:Dec 2: A PICTURE of my family!Dec 9: Free Choice!Dec 16: Something WHITE or something to do with SNOW!Dec 23: My STOCKING or something to do with CHRISTMAS!

​The Elf on the Shelf - A Note from Ms. Rachel: Every Christmas I sit down with my students and read to them, “The Elf on the Shelf” by Carol V. Aebersold and Chanda A. Bell. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this story, it is an interactive holiday hide-and-seek tradition. We start by reading the book and naming our stuffed toy elf. Our elf then sticks around the classroom, magically moving to a different lookout every day because, as the story goes, he flies back to the North Pole to report to Santa Claus every night and then flies back by morning. The kiddos love looking for his new hiding place every day and it becomes a favorite game until our elf “goes home” on Christmas Eve. As I have worked in childcare for many years, I understand that not every family celebrates Christmas in the same manner. Please do not hesitate to let me know if you do not wish your child to be encouraged to believe in Santa Claus. It will only take a few moments a day for me to pull your child aside and remind them that we are just pretending. It will not mess up or interfere with our fun tradition and will allow me to help reinforce your own family’s traditions. Thank you!

​Christmas Program Friday, December 9th is the big day! UCD’s 5th annual Christmas program! Together with the Toddler and Preschool rooms, we will be performing an adaptation of “Christmas Around the World” by Leanne Guenther. What you need to know: The program will start at 6:00 PM, so please drop your child off(in costume)in our classroom no later 5:45 PM. Family members can then head to the church sanctuary to find their seats. Costumes are colorful winter hats, scarves and mittens, as we want to give the children the appearance of playing outside in the snow without actually wearing coats. Refreshments will follow the production in the gymnasium. Families are encouraged to sit together and enjoy their refreshments while playing Christmas games from 12 countries around the world.

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Ms. Rachel, Ms. Juanita and Ms. Dani are our Kindergarten Readiness teachers. Ms. Rachel has worked at UCD since 2012. She came to us with previous experience and training. Ms. Rachel attended Highland Community College in 2015 and earned her CDA. Ms. Rachel is also the assistant director at UCD. Ms. Juanita joined UCD in October 2017. She has been in the early childhood field for several years. Ms. Dani is also in Kindergarten Readiness.. Ms. Dani is a WU student majoring in elementary education. She has been with UCD since May 2017.